Mescalero Sands North Dune / Mescalero Sands North Dune Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area

Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) area with over 600 acres of 90+ foot sand dunes.

Chaves County • NM • USA

Roswell Field Office (Bureau of Land Management)

The grills, shelters, and picnic tables are not assigned to specific camp sites. All non-RV camping is dispersed.

activities — off road vehicles

availability of flush toilets — N

backcountry site — Y

closest towns — Tatum, Texas

gcs for campground — 33.398599, -103.862047

gcs for campground entrance — 33.418250,-103.869893

costs — $5 per vehicle

date of first addition of the campground to the database — 2018-10-11

dispersed_camping — Yes, using all-terrain vehicles

drinking-water — N

drive-up camping — Y

driving — BLM does not recommend leaving the surfaced areas in any vehicle other than an all-terrain vehicle.

driving directions — From Tatum, Texas, travel west 27 miles on US 380. Or from Roswell, NM, drive east 37 miles on US 380. Turn south on gravel road between mileposts 193 and 194.

electricity — N

first-come-first-served — Y

grills (and raised grills) — Y, at the Cottonwood (South) site.

important notes (or warning) — No defined campsites.

management-parent — Bureau of Land Management

number of rv sites — open parking lots

phone number for camp host — 575-627-0227

picnic table — Yes, at the Bowl (North) Parking area and Cottonwood (South) site

portable outhouse / non-flush toilets — Yes at the Cottonwood (South) site

reservations (required or not accepted) — N

running water — N

rv notes — Do not drive off the gravel road.

rv parking surface — in the south (Cottonwood), middle, and north (Bowl) parking lots.

self-pay paystation — Y

shade shelters — Yes at the Bowl (North) parking area and at the Cottonwood (South) site.

submitter — jcr

submitter last visited — 2011-07

urls / links to other resources — https://www.blm.gov/visit/mescalero-sands-north-dune-ohv-area

water accessibility — N